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Sourceforge
Gallery v1.3.4 and Gallery Remote v1.0.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285885
Three years to the day since Gallery became a SourceForge project,
we're pleased to announce the release of Gallery v1.3.4 as well as
Gallery Remote v1.0.1. Gallery v1.3.4 is both a new feature and bugfix
release, and is recommended for all Gallery users. New features for
v1.3.4 include: the ability to download your gallery to burn to CD or
browse offline, additional photo print services, auto-rotation of JPEGs
when possible, and the ability to add new customized description fields
to photos. In addition, v.1.3.4 fixes numerous minor bugs, and extends
support for PHP-Nuke to versions 6.5 and newer, and improves the
Windows XP Publishing Wizard interface. Alongside the new Gallery
release comes the release of Gallery Remote v1.0.1, which fixes many
bugs, implements HTTP basic authentication, and allows you to save and
load Gallery Remote projects. Gallery v1.3.4 and Gallery Remote v1.0.1
are available from the Gallery Download Page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130
Zsh 4.0.7 and 4.1.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=286040
Finally, a development version of zsh is available again. 4.1.1
introduces many new features both in the main shell and as library
add-ons. It has been in development for some time and is believed to be
fairly stable. 4.0.7 is a bug-fix release for the stable branch of zsh.
zsh is a shell probably most similar to ksh, but with countless
enhancements and differences.
BZFlag 1.7g2 "steely eyed banana" released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285923
Now with twice as mojo! New features include a nifty server
administration system, autoconf, cheating protection, expanded platform
support and much more. BZFlag is an OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer
Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag game. Get it today at
http://bzflag.org/
FreeDOS kernel 2030 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285969
FreeDOS kernel build 2030 is out with quite a few important bugs fixed.
FreeDOS aims to be a complete, free, 100% MS-DOS compatible operating
system. FreeDOS is free because it is released under the GNU General
Public License.
Netatalk 1.6.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285971
The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 1.6.3 of the
Netatalk File Sharing suite. Netatalk is a collection of server
programs and utilities for handling various protocols employed by Apple
Macintosh computers on Unix compatible systems. This allows Unix hosts
to act as file, print, and time servers for Apple Macintosh (classic
MacOS as well as MacOS X) computers. The suite contains: * afpd - a
file server that implements the Apple Filing Protocol, allowing clients
running MacOS to access Unix file servers * atalkd - an implementation
of the AppleTalk protocol * papd - a print server that enables
Macintosh computers to access printers connected to Unix servers *
timelord - a time server for synchronizing time over the network *
megatron - a tool to convert files in Macintosh specific formats like
BinHex, AppleSingle, or MacBinary into files readable by Unix computers
* various other utilities Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software
project and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Please see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for the full license
text. News in Netatalk 1.6.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Netatalk 1.6.3 is a
maintenance release for the 1.6 series that fixes various small bugs
and glitches in Netatalk. Please see the NEWS file contained in the
distribution for more detailed information.
Slashdot
Corbis Sues Amazon for Copyright Infringement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0432224
[0]Gedvondur writes "The story ran in the WSJ today, that the
Gates-owned image company, Corbis, is [1]suing Amazon.com for copyright
violations (PDF link). Apparently the suit was without warning to
Amazon. Amazon will use the DMCA to defend itself. Link goes to copy of
the WSJ article on Corbis's site."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.corbis.com/corporate/pressroom/News_Coverage/WSJ_070103.pdf
Speakeasy Introduces Broadband WiFi Sharing Plan
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0122216
An anonymous reader writes "Today, speakeasy (the greatest ISP ever)
sent out a letter from the CEO introducing their [0]NetShare Wi-Fi
plan. It lets you share your broadband with your neighbors, with
Speakeasy handling the billing and splitting the fee 50/50. More ISPs
should be like this!"
Links
0. http://www.speakeasy.net/netshare/
Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/2354205
mattOzan writes "Marc Andreessen told Reuters today that [0]browser
innovation ended five years ago (which would put us at about
[1]Navigator 4.5 beta -- what was so innovative about that? The
[2]"What's Related" button? [3]Beatnik integration?) "Navigation is an
embarrassment. Using bookmarks and back and forth buttons -- we had
about eighteen different things we had in mind for the browser." Well,
pass me the NDA and tell me what they were!"
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=582&ncid=582&e=1&u=/nm/20030701/wr_nm/tech_internet_andreessen_dc
1. http://wp.netscape.com/netcenter/newsletter/july1998.html
2. http://wp.netscape.com/communicator/navigator/v4.5/
3. http://www.beatnik.com/developers/faqs.html
On The Trail Of Super-Zonda
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/230238
[0]Dynamoo writes "BBC Radio 4 has been on the trail of the notorious
[1]Super-Zonda spammers and crackers, according to [2]this article.
Super-Zonda's trick is to find insecure hosts and pressgang them into
webservers for mail order brides, viagra and other spam favorites. In
this case a server is traced back to a hacked machine at a major
international airline. The BBC investigate some of the people allegedly
behind the spam in an investigation starting on the Spamhaus houseboat
in London and ending in the Netherlands via Moscow. The BBC point the
finger at Martijn Bevelander of [3]MegaProvider as being not the
innocent party he seems. The BBC provide some evidence to back this up,
and are not known for rash accusations."
Links
0. http://www.dynamoo.com/
1.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&scoring=d&q=super-zonda&sa=N&tab=wg
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3036092.stm
3. http://www.bevelander.nl/
MandrakeSoft's Status Update
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/225223
[0]joestar writes "[1]MandrakeSoft today posted an [2]update letter
from its CEO about the company's health. Among other things, it's
interesting to learn that the company seems to be on the good track to
go out of the "chapter-11 protection" before the end of the year, that
it's taking part to several publicly-funded research projects, and that
Mandrake 9.1 is having a good success. They also thank for the warm
support they received from the community. Worth a read for all Mandrake
fans, like myself. Viva la Mandrake!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
2. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/news/2425
Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1850225
[0]Demerara asks: "I live in the Caribbean where I am putting together
a business plan for a WISP on St. Lucia. Imagine my surprise when I
discovered that the St. Lucian National Telecomms Regulatory Commission
[1]here licenses and charges [2]fees for 2.4Ghz spread spectrum
applications. It's nearly US$400 to apply and, get this, nearly US$800
per link, per *year*. This blows the economics of a WISP out of the
water. I may be reading the laws and regulations wrong but I don't
think so. For example - they even charge an application fee and an
annual license for the 'Family Band' walkie-talkies - look in the fees
PDF. I am attempting to find out the following: what international
agreements govern spectrum management; what international agreements
govern licensing of WiFi or 802.11; and finally, are there any Slashdot
readers out there who live in countries where 802.11 technology is also
licensed or heavily regulated? The [3]ITU website doesn't seem to
answer these questions or, to be fair, I cannot come up with the
keywords to find the answers. I'd love to hear from others who use or
operate 802.11 under less than 'free' regulatory regimes."
Links
0. http://www.mcdis.com
1. http://www.ectel.info/lca
2.
http://www.ectel.int/lca/Laws%20and%20Regulations/S.I.%20No.%2096%20of%202002.pdf
3. http://www.itu.int/
Leave Outer Space to the Millionaires
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/180254
[0]tcd004 writes "Martin Rees, Britain's Astronomer Royal has an
interesting article in [1]Foreign Policy arguing that the future of
manned space travel [2]should be left to wealthy adventurers. He points
to the fact that modern state-funded space disasters become national
traumas, and argues that that gung-ho millionaires are more free to
take risks because they 'don't represent a nation; [they] represent
humanity.'"
Links
0. http://www.lostbrain.com
1. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/
2. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/story.php?storyID=13790
Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1755214
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy
details the tactics of retailers and marketers to sell customer data.
Examples include promising not to sell consumer data, but then
'renting' the data, and the use of shopping cart software with
different privacy policies than the merchant."
Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54888-2003Jun30?language=printer
DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1751250
while(true) writes "As [0]reported previously here on Slashdot,
hypersonic jets from NASA has recently been in the news. Now [1]DARPA
is showing interest in the military applications and is to host a
conference on hypersonic unmanned bombers. These bombers could be based
in the US and yet strike from space at any place in the world within 2
hours. BBC has a [2]report about these air/spacecraft that could be
operational by 2025."
Links
0. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/25/1150249&tid=126
1. http://www.darpa.mil/baa/sn03-23.htm
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3035332.stm
Electronic Giants Form CE Linux Forum
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1646220
[0]Adam Wern writes "Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sony Corporation,
Hitachi, NEC Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung
Electronics, Sharp Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation, today
[1]announced the establishment of the [2]CE Linux Forum. CELF will
discuss and formalize requirements for extensions to Linux to meet the
needs of CE products such as audio/visual products and cellular phones,
etc. CELF will publish such requirements and will accept and evaluate
open source solutions that support to meet the published requirements.
CELF will also promote broad usage of Linux for CE products. IBM, an
industry leader in Linux solutions and supporter of open standards
ecosystems, is pursuing membership and plans to be an active
participant in the CELF."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.celinuxforum.org/PressRelease/pr02.htm
2. http://www.celinuxforum.org/
Freshmeat
AdaOpenGL 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127903/
AdaOpenGL is an Ada-binding to OpenGL that aims at providing the latest
OpenGL features in a collection of Ada packages.
ALE 0.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127933/
ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device
(such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This may
have the effect of producing a relatively alias-free image (sometimes
called "anti-aliasing").
Allegro 4.1.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127874/
Allegro is a multi-platform game library for C/C++ developers that
provides many functions for graphics, sounds, player input (keyboard,
mouse, and joystick), and timers. It also provides fixed and floating
point mathematical functions, 3D functions, file management functions,
compressed datafile, and a GUI.
arch revision control system 1.1pre1 (tla Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127875/
arch is a modern replacement for CVS, specifically designed for the
distributed development needs of open source projects. It has uniquely
good support for development on branches (especially good merging
tools), distributed repositories (every developer can have branches in
their own repository), changeset-oriented project management (arch
commits changes to multiple files at once), and, of course, file and
directory renaming.
ArX 1.0pre9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127990/
ArX is a distributed revision control system that features distributed
repositories, fancy merging, support for renaming, unobtrusive
operation, a Web interface, and revision libraries. It consists of a
collection of shell scripts and C code, and brings together many shell
utilities, SSH, HTTP, diff, and patch.
AspectC++ 0.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127960/
The AspectC++ project realizes an AspectJ-like approach for aspect
oriented programming with C/C++. It provides an AspectC++ translator to
weave AspectC++ code with C/C++ code.
Astaro Security Linux 3.219 (Stable 3.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127915/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, spam protection, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates)
and PPTP, Wireless LAN, VLAN, PPPoE, PPPoA, and much more. With its
Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the ability to pull updates
via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special
hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most daemons are running in
change-roots and are protected by kernel capabilities.
Author.CMS 3.3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127881/
Author CMS is a flexible and scalable content management system. It has
a usability-tested administration interface, a special installer that
easily installs the system on your server, high-level functions that
save considerable templates coding time, and a WYSIWYG editor.
BEJY 1.2.1.43
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127919/
BEJY is a modular server application. It has functionality similar to
inetd and some helper classes/functions to ease the implementation of
new protocols. It provides a generic multithreaded TPC/IP server
implementation with optional SSL support, covering the complete
connection and thread management. Each supported service provides its
protocol implementation(s), where the protocol dependend handling is
done. The current version comes with HTTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP
protocol implementations. The HTTP protocol implementation also
contains a servlet engine, a JSP engine, a handler to invoke CGI, and
other useful things.
Brainfucker 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127963/
Brainfucker is a compiler for the brainfuck programming language. Given
a brainfuck input file it will generate output as an executable,
assembler source file, or C++ source file depending on what the user
specifies.
CCT Chinese TeX system 1.2 (CCT Chinese Fonts)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127886/
CCT is a Chinese Language Extention to TeX that was developed by the
Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Cherokee 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127873/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is
implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C
library. It is embeddable, extensible with plug-ins, and supports
on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings.
citecast Web Content Management 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127892/
citecast is a content management system written in PHP. Its features
include fully dynamic page generation, storage of articles and images
in a database, easy administration with a Web interface, a WYSIWYG
editor for Mozilla >= 1.4 and MS IE >= 5.5 or above, realtime
fulltext search, a flexible template system, realtime server-side image
scaling, an extensible macro language, and language, workflow, and LDAP
authentication modules. Note that it is currently only available in
German.
CMS loa2003 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127787/
CMS loa2003 is an attempt to produce a cross-platform CMS using C# and
SSCLI on Windows .NET and Mono. It provides an object database,
security features, and much more.
Coriander 0.99.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127928/
Coriander is a GUI that let you control your 1394 digital video camera
interactively. It features SDL display, FTP image posting, file saving,
and Real streaming. It is for IIDC cameras, not for consumer grade DV
cameras.
cyrus2courier 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127948/
cyrus2courier is a little hack to convert a single mailbox from the
format used by Cyrus-Imap into the Maildir++ format used by the
Courier-Imap IMAP server.
DRT 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127901/
DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications
running under the X Window System. The tool automatically captures
actions performed while using such an application. Functions
particularly relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the
action itself is described visually from fragments of the application
display. One can search and browse these actions to learn about the
design of an application.
DTDDoc 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127945/
DTDDoc is designed to help document your DTDs efficiently. It is a
straightforward extension of the Javadoc concept, and a not so
straightforward implementation of some of the concepts solidified by
Donald E. Knuth.
eChat 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127871/
eChat is a serverless messaging system dedicated to chat and messages
exchange over TCP/IP. It is compatible with Vypress Chat and quickChat.
Effort: Zero Franchise Manager 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127937/
The Effort: Zero Franchise Manager (EZFM) is a set of PHP files
designed to minimize the effort needed to create a website for a Madden
2003 PC Franchise. One of the modes offered by Madden 2003 PC is the
"Franchise" mode which allows you to play and manage a team
over multiple seasons. This program aim to reduce some of the busywork
by automatically generating Web pages to display the information
contained in the Stat Files, and in a consistent and appealing manner.
Ensemblist 20030701
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127946/
Ensemblist is a 3D puzzle game in which you have to model a given shape
with geometric primitives that you must assemble with boolean
operations (using constructive solid geometry).
Enterprise Volume Management System 2.1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127925/
The Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) Project has the goal of
providing unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing
storage. It represents a new approach to logical volume management, as
the architecture introduces a plug-in model that allows for easy
expansion or customization of various levels of volume management.
eSKUeL 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127898/
eSKUeL is MySQL database managment tool written in PHP. It can
completly handle databases operations, including create, drop, rename,
move, and insert into. It can also be completely skinned and adapted.
FSMGenerator 1.0b2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127902/
FSM Generator allows one to generate FSM implementation source code, in
one of the available programming languages, from configuration files.
The generated FSM can then be compiled together, executed, and
interfaced by the user's software.
g3data 1.3.0rc3 (GTK-2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127905/
g3data is a program for extracting data from graphs (i.e., scanned
graphs from scientific publications). It can read many different image
formats and outputs the extracted data through stdout or to a file.
genlop 0.16.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127965/
genlop is a small Perl script which shows you, in a nice colored
output, useful information about your previously-emerged packages by
looking into /var/log/emerge.log. genlop is for Gentoo/portage users
only.
GraphTool 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127891/
GraphTool is a graph editor.
GTK-Lsof 0.9.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127877/
GTK-Lsof is a simple GTK 2 GUI for lsof.
Guikachu 1.3.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127934/
Guikachu is a GNOME application for graphical editing of resource files
for PalmOS-based pocket computers.
Hotlist 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127904/
Hotlist is a simple URL manager that handles bookmarks in an HTML file.
At the moment all it does is add and delete URLs from a file. The idea
is that if you are always finding URLs that you want to view but forget
them when you get the chance to go online, then you should put them in
this file and set it as your homepage.
Interactive Bandwidth Monitor 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127923/
ibmonitor is an interactive Linux console application which shows
bandwidth consumed and total data transferred on all interfaces. It
shows received, transmitted, and total bandwidth, calculates and
displays the combined value of all interfaces; can display values in
Kbits/sec(Kbps) and/or KBytes/sec(KBps), can show the maximum bandwidth
consumed, can show average bandwidth consumption, and can interactively
change its output display format.
Java Music Player 2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127954/
jlGui is a Java music player. It is WinAmp skins 2.0 compliant. It
supports MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AU, WAV, and AIFF audio formats. MP3 and Ogg
streaming support is also available.
JavaDBF 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127882/
JavaDBF is a Java library for reading and writing Xbase files. It does
not implement JDBC interfaces, but has a simple API of its own. It is
useful if you need to communicate with a legacy application which can
read and write only Xbase files.
JFaceDbc 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127918/
JFaceDbc is a JDBC client application written in Java. It can run as a
stand-alone application or as an Eclipse Plugin, and features a GUI
based on JFace and the SWT libraries from the Eclipse Project.
Karrigell 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127878/
Karrigell is a simple Web programming solution, including a Web server
and an SQL database (gadfly). It allows execution of Python scripts and
of pages mixing Python and HTML, easy handling of authentication and
sessions, building pages from components, and internationalization
features. It comes with a complete documentation and several demos,
including a wiki server, a forum, and a portal with personalization and
news editing
LAM/MPI 7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127974/
LAM/MPI is an implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
parallel standard that is especially friendly to clusters. It includes
a persistent runtime environment for parallel programs, support for all
of MPI-1 (except MPI_Canceling sent messages), and a good chunk of
MPI-2, such as spawn, one-way communication, C++ bindings, and MPI-IO.
libextractor 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127865/
libextractor is a library used to extract meta-data from files of
arbitrary type. It is designed to use helper-libraries to perform the
actual extraction, and to be trivially extendable by linking against
external extractors for additional file types. The goal is to provide
developers of file-sharing networks or WWW-indexing bots with a
universal library to obtain simple keywords to match against queries.
libextractor contains a shell-command "extract" that, similar
to the well-known "file" command, can extract meta-data from
a file and print the results to stdout. Currently, it supports the
formats HTML, PDF, PS, MP3, OGG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, RPM, ZIP, Real, QT and
ASF. Also, various additional MIME types are detected.
LibTomCrypt 0.79
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127883/
LibTomCrypt is a comprehensive, modular, and portable cryptographic
toolkit that provides developers with a vast array of well known
published block ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes,
pseudo- random number generators, public key cryptography, and a
plethora of other routines. It has been designed from the ground up to
be very simple to use. It has a modular and standard API that allows
new ciphers, hashes, and PRNGs to be added or removed without change to
the overall end application. It features easy to use functions and a
complete user manual which has many source snippet examples.
Licq 1.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127899/
Licq includes all the basic features of ICQ, like sending/receiving
messages, chat, file transfer, contact list with pixmaps and user
status, basic/extended user info, adding/editing users from within the
GUI, user history, user groups, and new user registration. All commands
and information are available through a simple and convenient tab
dialog. Licq also has a completely configurable user interface with
Skin and Icon pack support. It is written in C++ and comes with a GUI
plugin using the Qt widget set. Other plugins are also available.
LinPacker 0.4.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127976/
Linpacker is a tool to optimize the placement of rectangles in a band
of semi-infinite size (2D bin packing problem). It can be useful for
cutting stocks in trucks and factories.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127913/
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator allows beginning-to-advanced network
administrators to control bandwidth. It is designed to be completely
turn-key in its default configuration. You just plug it into your
network trunk, and it self configures and immediately starts slowing
"bandwidth hogs". It also comes with finer controls that are
easy to use, and can be configured to target specific applications such
as Kazaa, IMAP, and POP. Traffic can be limited by host IP, subnet, and
content blocking.
lwm 1.1.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127943/
lwm (Lightweight Window Manager) is a window manager for X that tries
to keep out of your face. There are no icons, no button bars, no icon
docks, no root menus, no nothing. If you want all that, other programs
can provide it.
Morphon XML-Editor 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127911/
The Morphon XML-Editor is a validating WSYSIWYG XML editor that lets
you create and modify XML documents in an intuitive manner. Using DTDs
(Document Type Definitions) and CSS (Cascading StyleSheets), the editor
guarantees the integrity of your XML documents and presents them in a
consistent and user-friendly way. The XML editor is bundled with the
Morphon CSS Editor that can be used to customize your CSS, allowing you
to change every aspect of the way the XML editor presents your document
while editing. The CSS editor can also be used stand-alone to directly
create CSS for the Web.
MoviX2 0.3.0rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127931/
MoviX2 is a small Linux distro that transforms your PC in a powerful
multimedia box. Using the GUI version of mplayer to play audio/video
files, after booting your PC with MoviX2 you will be able to play any
DVD/VCD, most video/audio files (most noticeably DivX but generically
any AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, and OGG), and also radio
stations on the Internet if you are connected to a LAN. And since all
systems will be completely loaded in RAM, you do not even need a HD to
use MoviX2.
Mozilla 1.4final (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127872/
Mozilla is a Web browser that is being developed by the Free Software
Community with the cooperation and support of Netscape. The current
Mozilla is a completely new software based on the "NGLayout"
layout engine and runs on almost all current operating systems.
Mozilla's user interface is written on top of NGLayout using XUL and
JavaScript. The Mozilla project only develops and tests the source code
for other projects / companies to use. Netscape 6 (the Web browser from
Netscape) and Beonex Communicator (an open-source project to make a
Mozilla for end-users) are directly based on Mozilla. Many other
projects use/embed Mozilla's rendering engine (e.g., Galeon).
Mutella 0.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127880/
Mutella supports all the functionality required to participate as a
full-featured node in the Gnutella network (which implies support for
file search, download, and sharing). It is optimized for a
high-bandwidth connection where it sets standards for the server
performance and stability, but it can also run on a modest-speed line.
It features real multiple search support, passive search (all
query-reply packets are checked against local search list), automatic
re-submission of the queries, unlimited download retry, automatic
search for alternative locations when download fails to start
immediately, auto-get function for broken downloads, and much more.
noeGNUd 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127791/
noeGNUd is an alternate ASCII, 2D, and 3D user interface for nethack
& slashem that uses SDL and OpenGL.
O-Zone's EDITor 0.1.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127900/
O-Zone's EDITor is a simple GTK+ 2 editor that is designed to be used
for coding. Its design is based on SSEX, and it aims to be an
integrated IDE.
OperaHotlist2HTML 2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127927/
OperaHotlist2HTML is a script that converts Opera Hotlist files into
HTML 4.01-compliant Web pages.
OSS 3.9.7k
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127866/
OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under
Linux, *BSD, Solaris, UnixWare, OpenServer, AIX, HPUX, LynxOS, VxWorks,
and Tru64. These drivers support digital audio, MIDI, synthesizers, and
mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers comply with the Open
Sound System API specification. OSS provides a user-friendly GUI which
makes the installation of sound drivers and configuration of sound
cards very simple. It supports over 200 brand name sound cards, and
provides automatic sound card detection, Plug-n-Play support, support
for PCI audio soundcards, and support for full duplex audio.
peksystray 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127951/
peksystray is a notification area (system tray) dockapp. It uses the
freedesktop.org protocol, is similar to GNOME's Notification Area
applet, and works with the pekwm harbour, the Window Maker dock, and
the AfterStep wharf.
Pingwinek GNU/Linux 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127870/
Pingwinek is a Linux distribution made in Poland. The main desktop is
GNOME 2.2. It supports only Polish and English languages.
PMK 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127884/
PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It
attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans,
to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users
and developers.
pyDDR 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127973/
PyDDR is a clone of DDR ("Dance Dance Revolution") written in
Python. The idea of DDR is simple. There's a mat with four directional
arrows, and the game scrolls arrows up the screen to the beat while
playing a song. When the arrows reach the top of the screen (not sooner
and not later), the player hits the corresponding arrow on the pad, and
given that it's hit on time with the beat, points are scored. Based on
how well the dance is put together, s/he is graded at the end of the
song. Both keyboard and mat play are supported.
QtRadio 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127907/
QtRadio (formerly KDERadio) lets you listen to the radio, add stations,
etc.
ReadySET 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127939/
ReadySET is a project to produce and maintain a library of reusable
software engineering document templates. These templates provide a
ready starting point for the documents used in software development
projects. Using good templates can help developers work more quickly,
and they help prompt discussion and avoid oversights. Key features
include: High-quality outlines, sample text, and checklists, use of
simple Web technologies (pure XHTML and CSS), and templates for many
common software engineering documents.
Report Writer 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127817/
Report Writer produces nice-looking PostScript reports that are defined
in an XML file and based on data that are extracted from a database.
The extraction is performed with DBIx::Recordset, so the syntax is the
same as the syntax used by that package. A sample XML file is included.
This file (trialbal.xml) is a report for Trial Balance from the
FreeMoney project. The XML file contains sections for database,
extraction criteria (the "search" section), page header,
breaks (which is where Report Writer will make a nice total for you),
and fields.
rss2html 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127894/
rss2html will take RSS RDF files that any number of weblogs and other
dynamic pages output and will turn them into HTML files. It is best
suited for RSS versions pre-1.0.
safecat 1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127926/
Safecat copies standard input to a qmail-style maildir as reliably and
quickly as qmail itself. It can be used to deliver mail messages to
qmail folders, or to spool data securely for later use by
non-email-related applications. Safecat was originally written as a
spooling utility for a CGI-based data collection application; it was
inspired by the super-reliability of Dan Bernstein's maildir algorithm.
samhain 1.7.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127912/
samhain is a daemon that can check file integrity, search the file tree
for SUID files, and detect kernel module rootkits (Linux only). It can
be used either standalone or as a client/server system for centralized
monitoring, with strong (192-bit AES) encryption for client/server
connections and the option to store databases and configuration files
on the server. For tamper resistance, it supports signed
database/configuration files and signed reports/audit logs. It has been
tested on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Unixware.
Scout Tracker 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127972/
Scout Tracker allows Scout leaders and Scouts to track their troop's
progress online.
Seminole Webserver 2.32 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127917/
Seminole Webserver is a portable Web server designed to be used in
embedded systems, where memory space is at a premium. It is written in
C++, and has a mechanism to direct requests to application-specific
code, complete with the decoding of "CGI" parameters. It also
includes a "filesystem" that can package up Web content (and
optionally compress it) and store it in a ROM or other "flat"
device. It comes with a simple example to make it a standalone
Webserver under POSIX platforms for evaluation and testing.
Sendmail 8.12.10.Beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127957/
Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail
from one machine to another. Sendmail implements a general internetwork
mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic
routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration.
SoC GDS 5.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127955/
SoC GDS is a platform for enabling hierarchical SoC integration and
verification across traditional EDA frameworks based on Virtual
Components per the VSIA guidelines. It is also a fast viewer and
processor for native GDSII files. It encompasses a set of powerful
functions allowing automatic cell renaming, grid verifications, GDS II
files merging (AND), physical comparison (XOR), hierarchy
modifications, and conversion to text format.
SOT OFFICE 2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127910/
SOT Office is an office suite, partly based on OpenOffice. It is fully
compatible with other major office applications and can open and save
.doc, .xls, and other common file formats. SOT Office is simple to use,
and includes a printable user guide to help get you started.
Squirrel Jukebox 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127968/
Squirrel Jukebox plays all your local MP3 files via its own
libmad-based decoder. It allows the tracks to be ranked and grouped in
the user-preferred way. It also supports text searches by any ID3 tags
or filenames. It is a commandline application. Currently only Linux is
supported (OSS).
StarDict 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127863/
StarDict is an international dictionary written for the GNOME
environment. It has powerful features such as glob-style pattern
matching, scan selection word, and fuzzy query, etc.
TaskJuggler 1.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127935/
TaskJuggler is a project management tool for Linux and UNIX
system-based operating systems. Projects can be defined in a simple
text format, listing tasks and their dependencies. Reports are returned
in HTML or XML format. TaskJuggler does not only honor the task
interdependencies but also takes resource constrains into account.
Using its powerful filtering and reporting algorithms, the user can
create task lists, resource usage tables, status reports, project
calendars, and project accounting statements.
TinyMARE 1.0.9616
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127869/
TinyMARE (Multi-user Adventure Roleplaying Epic) is a text-based MUD
server completely rewritten for efficiency using TinyMUSH and TinyMUSE
as a basis for its game engine. The server is designed for creating an
extensive, novelistic role-playing atmosphere supporting real-time
combat, day & night, seasons, and global weather. Using a telnet
client, players can log on to explore a virtual world, find magical
items, learn skills and techniques, and group together to surpass
obstacles you create in your own epic adventure.
tki2xml 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127893/
tki2xml generates XML code from tkined (scotty) files. XML is a good
base for further processing, like generating online reports with PHP,
etc.
TOAD C++ GUI Library 2003-07-01 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127868/
The TOAD C++ GUI Library is a set of classes to create graphical user
interfaces with the X Window System. While still under development, it
aims to be an alternative to other popular GUI libraries in the future
by providing innovative features that ease the development process.
TrackStudio Enterprise 2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127906/
TrackStudio Enterprise is a powerful and scalable multi-platform defect
tracking system based on Java. It includes a Web-based workflow manager
and bug filter (AND, OR, and NOT). It supports custom fields,
multi-level security, rule-based email notification, PDF reports with
charts, locales, and timezones. It allows you to organize your database
into projects and subprojects, and works with any database.
TuxCall 0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127924/
TuxCall is a call waiting detector that hangs up the modem connection
when a voice call arrives. It reads sound from modem's speaker (must be
connected to audio line input) and kills pppd, allowing you to answer
the phone.
UPPAAL 3.4b3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127909/
UPPAAL is an integrated tool environment for modeling, validation, and
verification of real time systems, modeled as networks of timed
automata, extended with data types (bounded integers, arrays, etc.).
Typical application areas include real time controllers and
communication protocols, in particular those where timing aspects are
critical.
uTidylib 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127864/
uTidylib is a Python wrapper for TidyLib.
Virtual Universe / Virtual Worlds 0.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127949/
VU/VW is a 3D cyberspace which offers more possibilities than just
chat: it is a combination of the Web, chat, and instant messaging
within a realistic, three-dimensional cyberspace. Here people can meet,
interact with each other, and build houses and whole worlds. The
Virtual Universe is a virtual reality environment which runs on top of
the Internet.
white_dune 0.25beta32 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127897/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for
displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for
animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound).
Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the
scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml
format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators.
It also has support for stereoscopic view via
"quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
WIMS 3.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127879/
WIMS (WWW Interactive Mathematics Server) is a CGI Web application
designed to host interactive mathematical educational activities such
as exercises, computational math, and graphing tools. It features
automatic score processing with strong anti-cheating mechanisms,
virtual classes allowing teachers to guide/control student works,
online exercise creation, animated graphics, a message board allowing
inline mathematical formulas, and more. It can also be easily used for
education within other disciplines.
X-ChaMan 0.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127971/
X-ChaMan is a chapter manager for AVI/DIVX movies. It can display an
easy-to-use GUI menu providing a choice of language (for BIVX) and
chapter selection. X-ChaMan runs with mplayer or Xine.
Xipe-Template 1.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127966/
Xipe-Template is a compiling template class with no need for a new
template language. It is filter based (with pre and post filters) and
now available via PEAR. Multilingual support is seamless.
XMLTV 0.5.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127947/
XMLTV is a set of programs to process TV (tvguide) listings and manage
your TV viewing. It stores the listings in an XML-based format and most
of the programs are filters which read and/or write XML. There are
backends to download TV listings for several countries. It also
includes some filter tools to sort, grep, print, and munge listings,
and two end-user programs to plan a week's TV viewing.
Zoidberg 0.3a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127959/
Zoidberg provides a modular Perl shell written, configured, and
operated entirely in Perl. It aspires to be a fully operational login
shell with all the features one normally expects. But it also gives
direct access to Perl objects and data structures from the command
line, and allows you to run Perl code within the scope of your
commandline.
Slashcode
Handling logging issues
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0533218
I'm using cronolog for my apache logs, and I really, really like it.
I'd like to be able to use it on the slash logs as well, which become
large and cumbersome over time with many sites running on a server. How
do you all handle your logs? What do you use for log rotation? How long
do you keep logs? Is anyone using cronolog, or something like it with
slash?
RSS to Story?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1727241
Hi, I'm looking for a way to grab remote RDF and post them as stories.
portald seems only to handle blocks. I'm aware of the elixus.org, and
the RSS2Story plugin in their patch of slashcode, but I can't get the
plugin installed, and it seems to be left unfinished. So is there any
other way to do this?
launch of slash site "stupidsecurity.com"
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/2133212
Announcing the opening of StupidSecurity.com. The site is meant to be a
chronicle of idiotic and deceptive "security" measures. From the "three
questions" that the airlines finally stopped asking to the closing of
Meigs Airport in Chicago supposedly for security reasons, we want YOUR
gripes about security measures that are just plain dumb! I'd welcome
submissions (the stupider the better!), comments, complaints, and
praise!
MySQL 4.1+
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1639224
I want to start using MySQL 4.1 to take advantage of the new Spatial
extensions in MySQL to further enhance my plugin. I saw the recent
story referring to using MySQL 4, but no direct mention of experience
with versions 4+. Any tips or recommendations? Should I make the
upgrade only on my development box, or is using 4+ okay. Any experience
with 4.1, which is alpha?
Section-specific Quick Links
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1540217
I'm in the process of setting up a intranet Slash 2 site for a company.
With the aid of the Crow Book I've got everything installed and with
the L'n'F that they want, and we are in the process of adding some
initial content and getting the blocks running the way they want.
However, we're having problems getting section-specific quick links
blocks to work. Example: I have a section called legal, and a block
called legal_qlinks which has different links to index_qlinks.
index_qlinks shows up on the homepage as I expect, but nothing is
displayed in the right "frame" if I click no the section title under an
article. What am I doing wrong? The Crow Book (page 127) suggests that
this should work.
Need help building Slash templates
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/1634251
I have comps for a site I want built in Slash. While I have worked with
Movable Type, building Slash templates is a whole different beast. I
need someone to help me convert my comps into a functioning Slash site.
If you have these skills, please drop me a line with your rates and
scheduling availability. You can see what the site will look like here.
--Markos
Preventing duplicates from being posted
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/2021250
I'm getting sick of seeing duplicate posts all the time on Slashdot. I
have a feature-request/enhancement that I would like to request for
slashcode. It would be nice if before a moderator submits a story to
check all of the URLS in that post and match it with the previous
weeks/months stories for the same URL. If there is a match, throw up a
warning saying that this story is a possible duplicate. This will help
the moderator out too, since they wouldn't have to read every story on
slashdot in the past two weeks. What do you think? Is this doable?
--Min Idzelis
Vorlonspace Is Back
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0415234
Announced back in October last year, Vorlonspace was launched as a
Babylon 5 discussions site. In late January, the site went down and was
taken off the YASS list. It is now back up and the premise has changed
from Babylon 5 to a general sci-fi discussion site which has generated
more interest.
Adding ispell after slash is installed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0414234
Hi, I read the (archived) thread at:
http://ask.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/1 724238&mode=thread
and I have "Running Weblogs with Slash", so I know that "... Slash 2.2
has added an ispell compatibility mode. If the ispell program exists
and points to an ispell binary, the Edit Story page will include a list
of potentially misspelled words.)" (thanks blagger), but I don't know
how exactly what to add, and into what directory,. I installed freebsd
5.0, then built and installed the slashcode port, and now I've
installed ispell. I then tried adding symlinks to ispell into various
directories, including /usr/local/slash/bin, and restarting my browser
and the freebsd box. Nothing obvious changes. Can someone tell me
exactly which file to put where to enable spell-checking? I'm running
slash-2.2.6 on Freebsd 5.0. Thanks... P.S. Sorry if I misspelled
anything, but...
Shouldn't Slash Be Represented at OSCOM 3?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/171253
I found out that OSCOM 3, The Open Source Content Management
Conference, is taking place in Cambridge, MA, from May 28-30. I was
surprised to see that Slash does not appear to be represented in any
way. I posted a story to CTDATA suggesting that our community try to
represent itself in some fashion. If anyone wants to discuss how we can
influence the organizers of this conference to include a Slash
presentation, please email me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com.
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